#Narratives

libcom.org

libcomorg

There's a more general problem, hinted at but not made explicit in this piece, that the framing of pro-lockdown vs denialism is handing over analysis of the pandemic to two

Mateusz Fafinski

Calthalas

Do you want to know a secret? All history is subjective. There, I said it. But we will not just leave it at that. It's time for #MethodologyMonday: the Objectivity

Iesha Small (“eye-ee-sha”)

ieshasmall

“culture plays a larger role than politics in determining social relations.” Interesting blog re my culture wars question. THREAD of quotes coming https://twitter.com/ADRobbler/status/1310158937669459968 “Culture is not neutral —

allie #insulin4all (she/her)

autoimmuneallie

why diabetes orgs don’t represent me, a people with diabetes: a THREAD BABY! right now the biggest issue affecting our community is access to insulin. no insulin = rationing =

Barrett Goodwin

HogwildWarrior

THREAD: Tonight’s images of the police response to protests over the murder of #GeorgeFloyd have me thinking about the juxtaposition of two images out of the Midwest in recent weeks:

Kimiko Shibata 🇨🇦

ESL_fairy

Many of our #selfreg strategies in schools likely have to be eliminated for health and safety reasons (cozy furniture, alternative seating, calming corners, shared sensory tools, alternate quiet spaces). That’s

Compounding Capital

CompoundingCap1

Been on buyside for ~15 years and have a few observations. I’ve made some of these mistakes—laying them out helps me improve and evolve. First observation is that few investors

Shan Singh Rababi

RababiShan

Birth of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Shiromani Akali Dal, and the Babbar Akalis [Thread]. According to Sant Teja Singh, On November 15, 1920, a Hukamnama was issued from the

Ash Sarkar

AyoCaesar

There’s something I’ve been struggling to articulate for a while, and that’s the double-whammy of Islamophobia and anti Corbyn bias. Corbyn’s perceived affinity with Muslims - through his foreign policy

aderson francois 🇭🇹 14th Amendment Baby

abfrancois

1/x On July 16, 2009, Harvard professor Skip Gates was arrested as he tried to enter his home in Cambridge. It caused a a bit of a controversy: Black Harvard

Mason For Survivors GMU

Mason4Survivors

Mason 4 Survivors would like to echo the sentiments expressed in the thread released by @knowyourIX, we must acknowledge how survivor narratives have been used to justify the existence of

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soulwithempathy

THREAD#JusticeForSushantSinghRajput It's going to be long thread on a narrative which created much sensation and controversy regarding SSR's personal life.This is my personal analysis based on facts available in public

Maya Mikdashi

mayamikdashi

1)Every family has a story of 1920. In mine the story is we (personified by my grandpa) were against "grand liban" & burned mandate id cards & fought against in

Stephen Reicher

ReicherStephen

Will the pandemic inevitably lead to scapegoating?Does something deep in our psychology lead us to blame others for our misery.Just as the black death led to violent anti-semitism are we

Mythology & Folklore

OldReligions

Someone asked about the story of gods Bulan & Sidapa from Philippine mythology (more accurately: mythologies). Their love story is a modern narrative. But don't fret, there are historical Filipino

Ben Railton

AmericanStudier

Been too long since I highlighted great public scholarly pieces. Got one of my own with @myHNN coming later today, but first, here are a handful from the past week